From 64b9646e7dd2c97ed20233732f79ca3d94037c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pragnyan Ramtha <pragnyanramtha@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 20:29:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ts): request float OpenAI embeddings (#5170)

Co-authored-by: Kartik <kartik.labhshetwar@mem0.ai>
---
 mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/openai.ts      | 2 ++
 mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/openai-embedder.test.ts | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/openai.ts b/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/openai.ts
index 18f7df344..dd389886f 100644
--- a/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/openai.ts
+++ b/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/openai.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class OpenAIEmbedder implements Embedder {
     const response = await this.openai.embeddings.create({
       model: this.model,
       input: text,
+      encoding_format: "float",
       ...(this.embeddingDims !== undefined && {
         dimensions: this.embeddingDims,
       }),
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export class OpenAIEmbedder implements Embedder {
       const response = await this.openai.embeddings.create({
         model: this.model,
         input: chunk,
+        encoding_format: "float",
         ...(this.embeddingDims !== undefined && {
           dimensions: this.embeddingDims,
         }),
diff --git a/mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/openai-embedder.test.ts b/mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/openai-embedder.test.ts
index 1dc7ba2a1..e5733e4ea 100644
--- a/mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/openai-embedder.test.ts
+++ b/mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/openai-embedder.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 /**
  * OpenAI Embedder — unit tests (mocked OpenAI client).
  * Verifies that the `dimensions` parameter is only passed to the API
- * when the user explicitly configures `embeddingDims`.
+ * when the user explicitly configures `embeddingDims`, and that
+ * embeddings are requested as floats for OpenAI-compatible proxies.
  */
 
 const mockEmbeddingsCreate = jest.fn();
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ describe("OpenAIEmbedder (unit)", () => {
       expect(callArgs).toEqual({
         model: "text-embedding-3-small",
         input: "hello",
+        encoding_format: "float",
       });
     });
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ describe("OpenAIEmbedder (unit)", () => {
       expect(callArgs).toEqual({
         model: "text-embedding-3-small",
         input: "hello",
+        encoding_format: "float",
         dimensions: 1024,
       });
     });
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ describe("OpenAIEmbedder (unit)", () => {
 
       const callArgs = mockEmbeddingsCreate.mock.calls[0][0];
       expect(callArgs).not.toHaveProperty("dimensions");
+      expect(callArgs).toHaveProperty("encoding_format", "float");
     });
 
     it("passes dimensions in embedBatch when embeddingDims is explicitly set", async () => {
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ describe("OpenAIEmbedder (unit)", () => {
       expect(callArgs).toEqual({
         model: "text-embedding-3-small",
         input: ["hello", "world"],
+        encoding_format: "float",
         dimensions: 512,
       });
     });